Christoph Ernst Steinbach

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Christoph Ernst Steinbach, copper engraving by Bartholomäus Strahowsky

Christoph Ernst Steinbach (born March 24, 1698 in Semmelwitz , † May 27, 1741 in Breslau ; pseudonym : Carl Ehrenfried Siebrand ) was a German doctor and lexicographer . Steinbach began studying medicine at the University of Jena in 1720 . After traveling to England , he moved to Rostock University in 1722 and received his doctorate in 1723. In 1724 he settled in Breslau, where he practiced as a doctor until his death. Also because of a personal feud with Johann Christoph Gottsched , the latter resigned from the Leipzig German Society in 1738 after they refused to expel Steinbach. Probably during the First Silesian War , in which he cared for the wounded, he contracted typhus , from which he died soon afterwards. He achieved fame primarily with his philological works.

Works

  • Kurtze and thorough instruction on the German language vel succincta et perfecta grammatica linguae germanicae nova methodo tradita . Rostock 1724.
  • German dictionary vel lexicon latino-germanicum secundum methodum grammaticae ejusdem autoris . Wroclaw 1725.
    • significantly expanded second edition in two volumes: Complete German dictionary vel lexicon germanico-latinum . Wroclaw 1734.
  • Johann Christian Günther's, the famous Silesian poet, life and writings. Breslau 1738, under the pseudonym Carl Ehrenfried Siebrand.

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personal data
SURNAME Steinbach, Christoph Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Siebrand, Carl Ehrenfried (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and lexicographer
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1698
PLACE OF BIRTH Semmelwitz
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1741
Place of death Wroclaw